With November being National Adoption Month, it is the perfect time to raise awareness about adoption among school-aged children. We have created an o...
Supporting Special Needs Adoption with Shining STAR
This post was written by Adoption STAR CEO and Founder Michele Fried Having a disability should not define a person, but unfortunately for far too man...
Thoughts on This National Adoption Month
This blog post was written by Adoption STAR CEO and Founder, Michele Fried. Today is the first day of November. For many it is just another Tuesday,...
Adoption STAR Rochester SOFIA Halloween Event
Members of Adoption STAR’s Rochester adoption support group, SOFIA, recently got together for a great Halloween event…and sent us some gre...
Adoption On TV: Modern Family and Parenthood Adoption Plots
Salon recently published a blog post comparing the way two television shows, “Modern Family” and “Parenthood,” have recently t...
Adoption STAR Staff’s Halloween Past
Whether you are a kid getting ready to go Trick-or-Treating or a parent preparing to brave the weather and take your child trick-or-treating, Hallowee...
Celebrity Adoption: Viola Davis
Actress Viola Davis, who is nominated for an Oscar for her role in the movie “The Help” recently became a mother for the first time with t...
Non Violent Communication Method
Yesterday morning the Adoption STAR staff took part in a training session on “non-violent communication (NVC.)” The goal of NVC is to learn to cla...
LGBTQ Adoption Information Session in Syracuse
For those in the Syracuse area, there will be a “Foster Care and Adoption Information Session for LGBTQ People” on Wednesday, November 9 f...
Adopting a Child with Special Needs
Last week I wrote part one of a blog post on Bernie and Sheila Winter and their daughter Grace, who was born with Down Syndrome. Part one centered on ...